Dec 08

Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit Meeting & Southeast Research Farm Annual Business Meeting

Tuesday, December 8

  • Format: In-Person
  • Where: Swan Lake Christian Camp, 45474 288th St., Viborg, SD 57070
  • Contact: Sasha Huether, SDSU Southeast Research Farm Senior Secretary
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The Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit Meeting will be held on December 8 from 9:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Swan Lake Christian Camp (45474 288th St., Viborg, SD 57070). The Southeast Research Farm Annual Business Meeting will also occur from 12:45 to 1:00 p.m.

The educational portion of the day include topics such as managing soil health, fertility, and fertilizer cost; PFAS contamination and agriculture; weed suppression; red crown rot in soybeans; micronutrients in corn and soybean production; field pea potential in SE SD; virtual fencing; and melon production at the SE Research Farm.

Agenda

  • 9:15 a.m. - Registration        
  • 9:45 - Soil Health, Soil Fertility, and Expensive Fertilizer: Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist
  • 10:15 a.m. - PFAS Contamination and Agriculture - Lessons from Maine: Ellen Mallory, University of Maine Professor, School of Food and Agriculture; Sustainable Agriculture Specialist, Cooperative Extension (via Zoom)
  • 10:45 a.m. - Break
  • 11:00 a.m. - Weed Suppression with Spring Cover Crops: Sachin Dhanda, SDSU Assistant Professor Weed Ecology, and David Karki, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Crop Production Specialist
  • 11:30 a.m. - Red Crown Rot in Soybeans: Cody Molnar, SDSU Extension Horticulture Plant Pathology Field Specialist
  • 12:00 p.m. - Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - Southeast Farm Board Meeting
  • 1:00 p.m. - Micronutrients in Corn and Soybean Production: Jason Clark, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, and David Karki, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Crop Production Specialist
  • 1:30 p.m. - Field Pea Potential in Southeast South Dakota: Pete Sexton, Associate Professor, SDSU Extension Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist and Southeast Research Farm Supervisor
  • 2:00 p.m. - Break
  • 2:15 p.m. - Grazing Rye with Virtual Fencing: Scott Bird, SDSU Southeast Farm Agricultural Research Manager/Specialist, and Bret Lang, SDSU Southeast Farm Postdoctoral Researcher Organic Systems
  • 2:45 p.m. - Melon Munching - Horticulture Research at SERF: Bret Lang, SDSU Southeast Farm Postdoctoral Researcher Organic Systems, and Abigail Ruse: SDSU Southeast Farm Research Assistant
  • 3:00 p.m. - Close

Registration

The cost to attend this meeting is $20 or free for Southeast Farm members. Registration is required and can be completed using the blue register button above.

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